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Auction 98, Lot 294

"A New & Correct Map of the Netherlands, or Low Countries, Drawn from the best Authorities and most approved Modern Maps, the whole being regulated by Astron.l Observations", Bowen, Emanuel

Subject: Belgium and Netherlands

Period: 1750 (circa)

Publication: Rapkin's History of England

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.5 x 13.5 inches
41.9 x 34.3 cm
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Well engraved and detailed map with a decorative cartouche. Extends north to include Rotterdam and the Hague. Notation gives special icon to identify the "Dutch Barrier Towns (according to the Treaty concluded at Antwerp 1715)."

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Condition: B

On a full sheet of hand laid paper with large fleur-de-lys watermark. Toned along centerfold, else very good.

Estimate: $100 - $120

Sold for: $240

Closed on 3/6/2002

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